Freerk Wilbers
Licht - geluid - design - installatie - publieke ruimte
I make kinetic artworks and light installations, departing from an ongoing experimental research into materials, motion and mechanics. My work is 'aleatoric', or based in chance - I do not have full control over what happens in the work. I'm currently looking for a point where the physical sculpture and its projections intersect. Boundaries between the individual shapes and forms seem to dissappear.
An important starting point is the idea of a planetarium, a model of the cosmos. Endlessly variable, never the same. The motion is calm, smooth, natural. The motion in my works is physically the same kind of motion that produces music, or sound, in a musical instrument.
My background in (mechanical) engineering asserts itself in my practice, informing my methods and providing me with the necessary tools to produce what I have in mind. However, my work ultimately originates from curiosity and the desire to explore.